Clothes-rack



(Modelz) W. J. MoGALLEN.

CLOTHES RACK.

No. 247,382. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

WILLIAM J. MCUALLEN, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,382, dated September 20, 1881.

I Application filed April 8, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MCGALLEN, of Bradford, in the county of McKe'an and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device on which a large quantity of clothes can be suspended in a very small space.

The invention consists in a series of wires or lines attached to blocks sliding on wires attached to the base of a frame, and passing over a roller to the ends of arms of this frame, which blocks are attached to ropes or cords passing over suitable pulleys, and also attached to a ratchet-drum, whereby the lines or wires can be raised or lowered, as may be necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved clothes-rack. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line as w, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The uprightA rests on a base, B. An arm, 0, which is preferably inclined, projects from the upper end of the upright A, and a transverse rail, D, is attached to this arm 0 at its outer end, and a like rail, E, is attached to the middle of the arm 0, parallel with the rail D. Pulleys F F are pivoted to downward-projecting arms G G, attached tothe ends of the rail D, and double pulleys H H are pivoted to downward-projecting arms J J at the ends of the rail E.

A guide rod or wire, K, projecting from the front of the upright A, is secured at one end to the-upright A, and its outer end is driven into the base 13. A rail, L, parallel to the rails D and E, is loosely mounted 011 this guide wire or rod K in such a manner that it can slide to and from the upright A. Wires M M are attached to the ends of this rail L, pass upward'and through the outer grooves of the double pulleys H, and are attached to the lower ends of the arms G G at the ends of the rail D. A series of blocks, N, are loosely mounted on these wires M M in such a manner that they will slide thereon, and the correspondin g wires of the two blocks are connected by lines or wires 0 0 parallel with the rails D, E, and L.

Ropes or cords P are attached to the outer ends of the rail L, and to the blocks N N, which are spaced at suitable distances, as the circumstances may require, these ropes passing over the pulleys F F, after passing through the iunergrooves of the double pulleys H, and through a ring, Q, on the upright A. The ends of these ropes P are attached to a drum, R, pivoted to the upright A, and provided with a handle or arm, S, and with a ratchetwheel, T. A pawl, U, is pivoted to the upright A and rests upon the ratchet-wheel T. A cord, V, is attached to this pawl U, passes through a ring, W, on the upright A, above the pawl, and the lower end of this cord is attached to the upright A at Y, below the drum R.

The operation is as follows: The wires 0 are all lowered, the rail L having been drawn outward, as shown in Fig. 2. The clothes are attached to the uppermost wire, 0, and this wire is then raised by turning the drum R. The clothes are then attached to the next wire 0, and the drum R is again rotated, and so on until all the clothes are suspended from the wires. The drum is then rotated until the uppermost wire has passed over the pulleys H and restsagainst the arms G G of the outer rail, D. The rail L is then pushed back to the upright- A. The wires 0 will then be above each other on an inclined line, and the clothes can hang vertically from the upper lines 0 without coming in contact with the clothes on the lower lines 0. The wires 0 can be arranged very close to each other, and a large quantity of clothing can be hung up to dry in a very small space.

If the clothes are to be taken down,'the pawl U is raised by drawing the cord V outward, when the weight of the clothes will cause the lines to descend. As soon as the lowest line 0 has descended sufficiently to permit removing the clothes the cord Vis released, when the pawl U drops and locks the drum R and the lines 0 O in position.

This clothes-drier may be made portable or stationary.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the upright A, having arm 0, of the double pulleys H H and pulleys F F, attached to framing on arm 0, the wires M, the sliding blocks N, the wires 0, and the ropes I as shown and described.

2. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with the upright A and its arm 0, of the pulleys F and. the double pulleys H, attached to suitable framing of the arm 0, of the wires M, the sliding blocks N, the wires or lines 0, the cords or ropes 1?, and the drum R, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with an upright, A, having an arm, 0, at its upper end, of wires M, attached to the ends of a rail, D, of this arm, of blocks N, sliding on the wires M, and connected by wires 0, of ropes P, for raising these blocks N, and ot' a rail, L, sliding t0 and. from the upright, to which rail L the 20 lower ends of the wires M are fastened, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with the upright A and its arm 0, of the rails D E, 25 the pulleys F and H, the wires M, the blocks N, the wires 0, the ropes P, and the sliding rail L, and the guide wire or rod K, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM JOHN MGOALLEN.

Witnesses:

W. D. HINGKLEY, E. E. TAIT. 

